SYNOPSYS OFFERING PROFESSIONAL VLSI EDUCATION TO ARMENIA’S YOUTH

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April 21 2009

Synopsys and State Engineering University of Armenia (SEUA) have
announced a new educational program in the specialty "Semiconductor
Physics and Microelectronics". The four-year Bachelor program
will start in September 2009, providing an advanced education in
microelectronics. This program is aimed at molding young talents for
today’s highly sophisticated VLSI chip design industry by training
them on semiconductor physics and using of latest EDA software tools.

Also this program will further progress to offering Master and PhD
qualification in the same area of study after completion of bachelor
program.

The SAED program utilizes Synopsys’ electronic design automation
software and Educational Design Kits. The current SAED SEUA curriculum
has been translated from Armenian into several languages and is taught
at prestigious universities in countries worldwide, including Russia,
China, Europe and the United States of America.

"Extending our successful relationship with SEUA, Armenia’s flagship
technical university, continues our tradition of investing in Armenia’s
youth and in Armenia’s educational system," said Rich Goldman, vice
president for Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Synopsys,
and chief executive officer of Synopsys Armenia CJSC. "Especially
during these times of severe economic stress, we believe this kind of
investment is key to the development of Armenia’s High Tech economy,
and we invite other companies to join us in supporting proven
university-industry collaborations. This new educational program
further demonstrates the advancement of Armenia’s High Tech economy."

"First of all it should be noted that through our collaboration with
Synopsys a unique educational activity is being realized. Life has
proven that this educational model serves as an example not only
to Moscow Universities, but also for many universities in a number
of countries in our region. An example of our success is that the
educational model developed in cooperation with Synopsys is being
applied to a new four-year educational project in Cybernetics
department," said SEUA Rector Professor Vostanik Marukhyan.

"By starting studies in the new specialty of Semiconductor Physics &
Microelectronics, we are expanding a model of cooperation that has
realized much success during the past few years. Establishing the new
specialty to start from the first year of the Bachelor program will
allow us to administer and control the quality of studies during the
entire program. This should contribute significantly to increasing the
quality of our graduates," said Professor Vazgen Melikyan, director
of SAED, honorable scientist of Republic of Armenia.